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  • Freelance writer since age 12. Over 100 publisehd articles.
  • Founded The Silver Sphere, a special-interest history magazine, at age 14. Editor/publisher for 20 years.
  • Completed Film Study/Film Production class at age 15.
  • Earned Journalism Merit Badge from Boy Scouts of America at age 17.
  • Co-director of student-produced documentary film, Disconnect: Life on a Commuter Campus, which aired on a PBS station in Newark, NJ, at age 19.
  • Wrote first technical “how to” manual (for AT&T) at age 20.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, at age 21.
  • Professional Technical Writer and Marketing Writer since age 25. Wrote over 200 technical and marketing documents.
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  • Wrote and published my first book at age 26. Wrote and self-published 25 more books since then.
  • Edited and published my first book by another author--Bill Hass (my father)--at age 33.
  • Created web site, www.affba.org, at age 40, and have served as webmaster ever since.
  • Wrote my first book for another publisher (not self-published) at age 42.
  • Began writing and publishing books distributed on computer CDs (instead of paper), at age 49. Have published 20 more “books on CD” since then.
  • Created and produced one-hour DVD documentary film at age 49. Have created and produced three more DVD documentaries since then.
  • Created and produced my first one-hour Family Memories DVD, about my own family, at age 51.
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